Daily Republican., 1887-08-29
IRELAND's INDEPENDENCE.
Leaders and People to Resist tho Coer.
cion Act-The Suppression OF tho irisn
National League.

Leaders and PoOpl0 10 nohs' inv
cion Act-Ths Suppression OF tho irish
National League.
Two hundred sons Of the Emerald
Isle aud fair proportion OF her daugh
ters met yesterday In 81 Michaers
Hall, on Germantown and Columoia
avenues, Philadelphia, to listen to the
story Of Ireland q wrongs and empha-
size with applause the rounded perioos
OF one Of her orator priests. 1t was the
stated meeting Of the Andrew jackson
Brsnch OF the irish National League,
and the unusually large attendance OF
members and others waa due to the an
nouncement that Rev. Peter Brady, OF
Kinlough parish, Leitrin, Ireland,
would deliver an address on the policy
Of the Tory Government asd Its proba'
BILE effects on tho future of Ireland
! Father BrAdy's mission In this coun'
try 10 TO collect funds for the rebuilding |
of his parish church, which was re-
Gently destroyed by fire. FOR that pur- |
pose he will deliver . series OF lectures
in some Of the States on the subject OF
Irish legislative Independence. The
inaugural lecture will be delivered In
horticultural Hall on the evening OF
6sptemb ber 8, and as Father Brady has
already secured the co.operation OF
many Of the League branches In the
details of the Irish question, It 10 reA.
souably anticipated that 1t will be
big 6nan cial success.
sALIsBURY's POLICY.
Father Brady Is rather above the me-
ldium height, aud his robust but com.
pact frame suggests considerable mus
lcular development. He has but the
) me rest suspicion Of the "brogue," ard
his intop alton 10 ut once clear and re-
) sonsnt. His gesticulations are few. and
. while 1T times he IL emphatic and i'm
perative this Is clearly due to consci-
,, ousness OF the force and truth OF his
, argument rather than TO any excite
!, meut into which the treatment OF his
. SUBJ ect might occasionally lead him.
He promised his address by the state
ment that since he had been ordained
priest he had closely identified himself
with active Irish politics. The present
= position of ireland before the world
. was, he said, due to the energetic action
. of the League branches, especially those
Q Auertca. Ireland's claim to na-
{ ttonal existence and her right to legis
' lative independence were next dealt
with, and in this connection Father
). Brady said: "There is only one class
who ignore, or pretend to ignore, the
elaine OF Ireland 10 national autonomy.
o Lord Salisbury at their head, strive
10 hard to keep Ireland in poverty, 10 keep
}, the light Of intellectual culture from
}. her children in order to q support
D pampered crew of Irish landlords In
D. luxury and abundance, to minister to
their gamblinRs and debauoheries
abroad and to enable them to acquire
that Brummagem aocsnt 30 necessary
" for their assoc lAtions In the salons OF
!. London.
o. WHAT IRELAND COULD DO.
The repressive enactments that have
10 been . feature of EnRland's govern
ment OF the Irish people since the act
of union were then reviewed by Father
W Brady and some Of their more promi.
oi nent results alluded to In detail. "Let
70 70 MS look, he said, sat the condition Of
W Ireland from the standpoint OF stalls
=; tics. The aren Of Ireland is about 90.
al $50 900 acres, and out of that total IA,
600 600 acres represent the best agricul
4. tural land In Europe. There are, ao
IL cordipg to government statistics, COO.
~ 600 of waste land that could easily b.
S reclaimed and cultivated, 80 that
properly treated Ireland sbould hav'
is 0CO, ,000 acres to sustain her popula
nt tion, Now, taking the case Of Belgium
~ or Bohemia, or OF your own grea'
~ a 10rlCA, ana VIC uuu tubb AL noAo v
- good land will sustain IN adult, 30 tha
- 1t tho present time the population
Ireland should be in the neighborhoct
M Of 100000.
We TO RESIST COERCION.
n, "Why 10 II not so?" he asked. "Wh.
is IL that the population Of Ireland ha
steadily deceased? Because for gen
mt erations the laws that governed tn
I'D Irish people were made solely In th
ret interest Of . GLASS, aud that class dis
solute and thriftless Irish landlordisn
The coercion act that has just bee
re passed Is the last forlorn hope Of ii
,n. government to sustain this fossil. Br
or. it will not avail to crush the spirit
conquer the energies Of the Irish pei
pie. -,
. 1.-THE Irish Parliament party and Il
ot. local leaders In every part OF lrelan
'ai are determined TO resist 1t to the las
and II every man OF them be Arreste
and thrown into prison hundreds WI
be found to step into their places. II
a N National League to day has the hold
: ~ Ireland, and instead of succumbiua
Salisbury and the Tories the countl
' WAS never yet In . better position to
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